The Flame Owl

Stefan Mlynarczyk took refuge in Lowe Road workhouse. An impromptu concert amongst the men of his dormitory causes extraordinary pain to a dying woman. When the warden, intervenes to quell the disturbance, Stefan turns a proud face towards authority - and everyone gets more than they bargained for. More

Stefan Mlynarczyk took refuge in Lowe Road workhouse. An impromptu concert amongst the men of his dormitory causes extraordinary pain to a dying woman. When the warden, intervenes to quell the disturbance, Stefan turns a proud face towards authority - and everyone gets more than they bargained for.

A novelette set in the magical Insulan Empire, where the spirit world is just one small step away from the mundane world, this is the second in a series of prelude stories to a grand steampunk-fantasy epic.

Louise Stanley lives in Hampshire, UK. The Insulan Empire is the 19th century world of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, Dickens, Sherlock Holmes and Emile Zola with a sprinkling of magical faery dust to bring it to life as an exciting new fantasy series.